SHE nominations and awards in 2021

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Felicitas Biwer has been appointed as one of the 12 new faces of science

In this project of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), The Young Academy and NEMO Kennislink, young scientists give an insight into their lives and their research through videos, blogs, articles and more. What will your life look like when you become a scientist? Twelve PhD students will report on their daily work in videos and blogs. Felicitas Biwer from SHE is one of them.

Faces of science gives visitors a glimpse into the life of a researcher on the basis of blogs, videos and articles. These are of interest to anyone interested in science. Moreover, they help students and pupils from 5 and 6 VWO who are faced with a study choice, to get a realistic picture of what it is like to work in science.
Faces of Science is a project of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), The Young Academy and NEMO Kennislink. Since 2013, ninety PhD students as Faces of Science have blogged about their life as scientists.

Stephanie Meeuwissen received the AERA Young Investigator Award

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division I: Education in the Professions, has selected Stephanie Meeuwissen as the 2021 New Investigator Award recipient for her work on the paper “Successful Interdisciplinary Teamwork in Medical Education: An Ethnographic Case Study Revealing Leader Contributions to Inclusiveness”.

Harmen Tiddens Award for Cees van der Vleuten

On 29 September 2021 Cees van der Vleuten received a career award from Utrecht University: the Harmen Tiddens medal. Harmen Tiddens was a pediatric professor at Utrecht University. To promote education, Utrecht University has created a Harmen Tiddens Society. In addition to all kinds of medical education activities, the Society awards a prize for a person having made a significant contribution to medical education internationally.

Harmen Tiddens was strongly interested in medical education. He was also the founding father of Maastricht University and became the first rector of Maastricht University.
Watch Prof. Dr. Cees van de Vleuten's Harmen Tiddens Educational Grand Lecture 2021 "Three paradigms in the assessment of competence: where are you?"  Grand Lecture Cees van der Vleuten

Erik Driessen awarded with the ASME Gold medal

We are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2021 award is Erik Driessen, Professor in the School of Health Profession Education at Maastricht University, the Netherlands and Editor in Chief of the Journal Perspectives on Medical Education.

Diana Dolmans selected as AERA Fellow in 2021

AERA is pleased to announce the selection of 19 exemplary scholars as 2021 AERA Fellows. AERA Fellows are selected on the basis of their distinguished and sustained research achievements. The 2021 Fellows, listed here, were nominated by their peers, selected by the Fellows Committee, and approved by the AERA Council, the association’s elected governing body. They were inducted in September during a virtual ceremony and they join 676 current AERA Fellows.

Anique Atherley first dual PhD graduate

Anique Atherley defended her PhD on 27 September 2021 with her defence: "Beyond the struggles: Using social-developmental lenses on the transition to clinical training". She is the first dual PhD between UM and Western Sydney University. Her supervisors were Diana Dolmans and Pim Teunissen together with Wendy Hu (WSU) and Iman Hegazi (WSU).